Part 1402

<hw>Bris"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bristel</ets>, <ets>brustel</ets>, AS. <ets>bristl</ets>, <ets>byrst</ets>; akin to D. <ets>borstel</ets>, OHG. <ets>burst</ets>, G. <ets>borste</ets>, Icel. <ets>burst</ets>, Sw. <ets>borst</ets>, and to Skr. <ets>bh<?/shti</ets> edge, point, and prob, L. <ets>fastigium</ets> extremity, Gr. <?/ stern of a ship, and E. <ets>brush</ets>, <ets>burr</ets>, perh. to <ets>brad</ets>. &root;96.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Bristle</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bristled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bristling</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war <b>bristle</b> his angry crest. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Boy, <b>bristle</b> thy courage up. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fix a bristle to; <as>as, to <ex>bristle</ex> a thread</as>.</def>

<h1>Bristle</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rise or stand erect, like bristles.</def>

<blockquote>His hair did <b>bristle</b> upon his head. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.</def>

<blockquote>The hill of La Haye Sainte <b>bristling</b> with ten thousand bayonets. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ports <b>bristling</b> with thousands of masts. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To show deflance or indignation.</def>

<cs><col>To bristle up</col>, <cd>to show anger or deflance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bristle-pointed</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tle-point`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.</def>

<h1>Bristle-shaped</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tle-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a bristle in form; <as>as, a <ex>bristle-shaped</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<h1>Bristletail</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tle*tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An insect of the genera <spn>Lepisma</spn>, <spn>Campodea</spn>, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.</def>

<h1>Bristliness</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tli*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of having bristles.</def>

<h1>Bristly</h1> <Xpage=182>

<hw>Bris"tly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>THick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.</def>

<blockquote>The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat <b>bristly</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bristol</h1> <Xpage=182>